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I personally think the more information you gather and the more you watch your wife in her ealry learning stages you will slowly want to aquire more knowledge and possibly take the class. A good instructor can put most of your concerns to rest. As your wife goes along read her Skydiver Information Manual and learn with her. Some of yor questions ar very common and are covered in the first few hours of the FJC. OR learn to pack and pack for her. charge her 5 bucks a pack and start a college fund for kids. This way Gina can go skydiving and say she is supporting her children.

You better get a new packer or take another packing class. I think 1 in a 1000 is a national avg. My first was not until 4800 jumps.

All good advice no dought but I am going to give you the best advice here: Buy your T I/E a bottle of Kettle 1 and a extra large jar of Olives. From there everything else will fall into place. Oh yeah, that is after the case of beer for 1st student, and the two other cases for, well You Know.....Enjoy see you when the sun decides to shine again.

The charity has changed to Make A Wish Foundation. If you didn't figure that out yet. Thanks, Rich

Hello, Any help to distribute this would be greatly appreciated. All proceeds are going to fulfill a little girls wish to go to Disney World this summer. Please pass it on to the entire skydiving community. Thank You, Rich

Some updates: The jumps will be taking place all day. Hopefully Hooters, Make a wish, WBAB, will all be there. WABC77 will be broadcasting all day long. News 12 is a possibility as well. At night all you can eat Crabs, with DJ, and as much alcohol as we can afford....feel free to donate.

Similar to an underage Tandem, you would have to get USPA waiver and a UPT or Strong Waiver. So your best bet would be to contact Safety and Training Jim Crouch and the manufacturer. The last I heard you can do Tandems into Demos as long as the passenger had a license that qualified him the particular demo. So a D rated Demo could be done as long as the passenger was a D rated skydiver. I had done one with Mcgruff the crime dog but the passenger was another TI. I would take the time now to get total clearance rather than having to answer for it. Also the FAA, waivers sometimes have requirements for each jumper. I am sure you will have to hash it out with them as well. Ex. On the FAR waiver it usually specify's each jumper must have a square steerable main and reserve....Etc. In NJ we also have to gete a DOT permit, and that might also need some addressing. Good luck you are on a collision course with two governmental agencies and USPA, but with enough planning I bet you can get it done.

I have them on both rigs now type 17. It was tough as hell to get the slink on. THe slink has to go around double the material. NO WAY could youdo it with a larger riser. I do like them though.

Expired ratings (less than 1 year) Make at least one satisfactory eval jump with a current USPA AFF-I/IE Assisted with at least 1 FJC Attended a USPA Coach or Instructor seminar Expired ratings (more than 1 but less than 2 years) Written endorsement from USPA Coach Course Director Complete requirements for expired rating less than 1 year expired Expired ratings (more than 2 years) Retake USPA Coach Rating Course

KEEPING A USPA COACH RATING CURRENT 1. USPA Coaches may annually renew their ratings with their USPA membership by paying the annual rating renewal fee and providing documentation, signed by a USPA Instructor, Instructor Examiner or member of the USPA Board, of any of the following: a. that the rating was initially earned within the previous 12 months b. having taught or assisted with the general portion of at least one first-jump course and made at least 15 coaching jumps in the last 12 months c. completing the renewal requirements for an expired USPA Coach rating 2. A skydiver may not certify his or her own rating renewal requirements. 3. Renewing a higher rating automatically renews a USPA Coach Rating

I will send a check to whoever can kill this thread.

I try to replace mine at the beginning of each season as well as the slinks. I have two rigs and put about 400 on each, during the summer. I figure for 175.00 + 25.00 = 200.00 it is worth the piece of mind. I guess I am one of the fat guys, 200lbs, loaded canopy. Plus I am a wimp when it comes to equipment safety.

One of the very few valid arguements would be exactly what you are describing the small Cesna DZ. It seems to be more relaxed.

I agree with what you are saying, there are always exceptions. If we look a bit further into it, I suspect that smaller Cesna Drop Zones probably have less of an issue with this than the larger multi plane DZ's. What would the harm be of making it 200? The worst case scenario is the jumper has 100 more jumps under his belt. Is it that much to ask to say hey work on your skills and you will be eligible at 200? Or how about he/she can start to teach on the ground at 100 and in the air after 200. Just a thought. This might be better suited in Instructors.

Another problem with a low requirement is the fact we are setting the new Coach up for failure and disappointment. Let me elaborate. Here is a eager jumper with 100 jumps who is doing the right thing and furthering his/her education in the sport, because they are elibible by USPA standards. Once they earn the rating and come to the DZ all full of piss and vinegar ready to start working with students, it seems that more experienced jumpers are making them feel as if they are inadequate due to low jump numbers. "What can a 100 jump skydiver teach me" This immediately has a negative effect on their attitude towards teaching. True this comes from a lack of understanding of what the Coach course teaches but it is the reality of what a new coach has to face. I have seen it and heard it. It is difficult to educate older jumpers when the general sensus is that the requirement is to low. If you subtract the 25 jumps it takes to get your A license, that leaves 75 jumps to dial in skills to effectively fly with a student. So strictly air wise, the requirement should be looked at again. I do know it has been brought up for review in the past and has been voted down for one reason or another. Please keep in mind that a skydiver with 100 jumps can absolutely be an excellent teacher and instructor, and I have seen them in action. The low requirement just makes the mentor progression a bit more difficult on the instructor.

QuoteIll tell you at 100 jumps I thought I knew a lot. Quote I concur with this statement. In fact it may be a bit of an understatement, being you were the first student I ever had who wanted to wear a camera while on AFF.

Speak with your instructors! Take their advice, and ask them about any rigs you find. They can call the DZ where the seller jumps and usually get a bit more information on it. Just wondering, You are looking for a Free Fly friendly rig because you are Free Flying now or intend to? Your instructors should also keep you within safe wingloads.

Thanks for the ideas. So far media, plane, pilots, fuel and rigs are all secure. Now it is a matter of getting the word out. As soon as I get sponsorship forms I will post them. Thanks

On June 13th at Skydive Long Island, we will be conducting a fund raiser for Breast Cancer Research. I will be making 40 jumps in one day for the event followed by a crab fest and party for everyone. Should be a great time and we could always use some help. Sponsorship forms will be available shortly and hopefully sent out to other DZ's. We have a strong goal and could use the assistance for a great cause. If anyone has some ideas to get forms out or to make this successful please add your thoughts. Thanks, Dicky

I did know a person with well over 50 tandems, and then when she completed her A requirements, wanted to know if she was eligible for her B. Using 25 of the Tandems.

It was my very first spinner and chop...if that happens to me ever again and i was low my hands would go right for the handles and i would rip those things out...! That will not happen again because you will initiate deployment higher, you will fly solid patterns starting at 1000', and you will know the limits of what is over your head. Further, you will practice up high and educate yourself with as much as you can. The point is not to be ready for the next time it happens, the point is not to let it happen. Education and prevention. An example: If you play on a busy highway and get struck by a vehicle because you cant get out of the way fast enough. We try not to say, I will just be faster next time and the vehicle will miss me. We try to say, I will not play on a busy highway.

Depending on the area, you may need a FAA Waiver of Far 105 (Jumps over Congested Areas 0, A DOT permit, in either event they are easily aquirred but both will take upwards of 30 days. Once the waiver is issued there are usually 25 or so conditions that must be met. examples: ground to air communication taget visable from 3000' ground crew It really is not that difficult. Especially because you are the LZ owner. Note: Iusually include a notification to local police, EMS, and neighbors. Rather than have them learn about it from dozens of 911 calls. Best Advice:Speak to local S&TA. He will have to sign permit anyhow. If you need further help PM me, I have all the documents you will need.

Definately very interesting, I cant beleive how they were handling the cute being it was evidence. A federal investigation and it seems they were going to throw it in the trunk of the car. A good rigger could definately shed some light here.

"As someone stated earlier, when you are working with people you praise in public and reprimand in private. Great when you are in the physical presence of the individual. However this is a chat group (to point out the obvious). And the internet is nowhere near as effective communication tool as face-to-face." Publically praise would be in this thread for all to see, privately censure would be a post directly to Marko. This way you get your point across without embarassment.

Just a thought, we could Debrief this so everyone gets something out of it. What went well? -He located his handles and initiated procedures. -Rear Riser turn on reserve and then looks like a flat turn to land reserve. -Landed safe, lived to tell about it What can we improve on? -Altitude Awareness -Canopy Control -Respect for Canopy -Respect for Wingload -Landing patterns and setups -manuevers below 2000' How do we improve? -Upsize? -Canopy Control Class -Remedialzation -Practice up high Set Goals? -Better Alt Awareness -Better Canopy Control -Better Canopy knowledge -Slow Down Just a start.